“The Warren Washington Counties Homeless Youth Coalition has been serving our community for nearly three years now, providing young people with the tools they need to make healthy choices and achieve their full potential. Since W.A.I.T. House Emergency Shelter was opened in December 2003, more than 500 youth and families have benefited from our activities. Countless others have received the indirect benefit of living in a community where efforts such as ours improve the quality of life for all. The vital services we perform are made possible by the thoughtful generosity of our supporters. Your gift will make a tremendous impact on the lives of homeless and at risk youth in our community. I sincerely hope you will be able to help us “Keep The Doors Open” with a gift this year.”

Sincerely,
Duane J. Vaughn, Executive Director

As you all know, the Miss America Pageant is coming up on January 29th at 8pm EST on CMT. I leave this Friday, January 19th to launch my 10 day experience of the Miss America Pageant in Las Vegas, NV. I will keep you all posted about what is going on via this website while I am in Vegas. Please stay tuned and follow along for 10 days of excitement and fun. I hope to make you all proud!
I am also very please to announce two very exciting appearance opportunities that will take place in March.

March 2 - I will be the Goodwill Ambassador to American Diabetes Association Carnivale – Australian Outback. For information on this event please click below to read the recent media release about the event.

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March 2007- I have been asked by the American Embassy to take part in its National Day celebration in Kuwait City, Kuwait. They will be hosting approximately 2000 members of elite Kuwaiti society–government officials, diplomats, business leaders, religious and cultural figures. The National Day celebration is to celebrate our Independence Day, July 4th. They hold their “July 4th” celebration in March because it can get to be about 130 degrees there in July, which is much too hot to hold any event of this kind. I am so please and honored to have been selected as their guest of honor. It will be extremely exciting and an honor to meet with our troops in Kuwait and meet Kuwaiti and American government officials and diplomats. I hope to make New York very proud.

Please enjoy the pictures from the first two days at Miss America by clicking the link below.

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Hope you enjoy the pictures from our Dreamgirls screening at the IMAX Theater.  Click below to view.

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